Please note that there will be three rounds of funding. For activities planned for 2017-2018, deadlines are October 1 and December 1
. For activities proposed for Fall 2018, the deadline is March 1. The application can be found here. Click here for Fredonia's SEM Plan. A Look at the Nondegree Credentials of U.S. Adults09/14/2017 12:00 AM EDNew findings from the National Household Education Surveys show that in 2016 more than one quarter of adults had a nondegree credential, including a postsecondary certificate, occupational license, or occupational certification Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR)
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Document Number: nsf17127
August 25, 2017
Dear Colleague:
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has established inclusiveness as one of its core values. The Foundation seeks and embraces contributions from all segments of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) community including underrepresented groups and minority serving institutions. NSF currently invests in a number of programs targeting underrepresented populations and institutions. This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) describes another opportunity to build on the Agency's longstanding efforts of inclusiveness by providing a mechanism for researchers to inform, create, implement, and evaluate innovative models of intervention in STEM (with particular attention to life science and bioscience), beginning in elementary school through undergraduate studies.
Through this DCL, NSF invites eligible organizations to submit research proposals that inform, create, implement, and evaluate models of intervention that will advance the knowledge base for establishing and retaining underrepresented minorities in STEM fields with particular attention to life science and the biosciences. Researchers from minority-serving institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities, are particularly encouraged to apply. Proposals should partner eligible organizations with local elementary, middle or high schools to foster collaborative relationships between K-12 science educators and the research community. The activities may occur in formal and/or informal settings. Proposals may address science topics and activities related to curriculum development, teacher support, and student engagement. Proposals should describe effective methods to disseminate findings broadly to the K-16 science education community.
Researchers are invited to submit proposals to one of the following programs, in accordance with NSF's Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG, https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg) and individual program solicitation requirements. Researchers must pay close attention to specific requirements outlined in each program solicitation included in this DCL. Regardless of the program, the title of each proposal should begin with "Life STEM." Discovery Research PreK-12
The DRK-12 program supports integrated research and development of resources, models and tools in the service of STEM learning and learning environments with the goals of enhancing student understanding of STEM, preparation for the scientific workforce, and improved science literacy. The focus is on learning that takes place while students are enrolled in the formal classroom learning environment. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500047. Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers
The I-TEST program supports projects that promote awareness and interest in rapidly emerging fields such as biotechnologies or robotics, focusing on projects that examine forms of mentorship, engage students with technologies associated with STEM professions, involve students with business and industry through partnerships, and/or examine career advancement among students in the early grades. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5467. Advancing Informal STEM Learning Program
The AISL program seeks to: (a) advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments; (b) provide multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences; (c) advance innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments; and (d) engage the public of all ages in learning STEM in informal environments. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504793. EHR Core Research (ECR)
The EHR Core Research program supports fundamental research in STEM education that synthesizes, builds upon and/or expands foundational knowledge in the areas of STEM learning and learning environments, STEM workforce development and broadening participation in STEM. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504924. Improving Undergraduate STEM Education
The IUSE program supports the development, use and testing of instructional practices and curricular innovations that engage and improve undergraduate student learning and retention in STEM. IUSE also supports large scale uptake of improvements in STEM education through support of institutional transformation and Community transformation projects. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505082. HBCU Undergraduate Program
The HBCU-UP program supports the development, implementation and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5481.
Through this DCL, researchers may also submit EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals to explore new directions or appropriate extensions of disciplinary-based research activities. EAGER proposals must conform to the guidelines for preparation of such a proposals (including the requirement to discuss the proposal with a program officer prior to submission) as specified in the PAPPG. EAGER proposals have a maximum size of $300,000 and a maximum duration of two years. All EAGERS in response to this DCL should be submitted during the same deadline as the program solicitation to which it is linked. The title of the proposal should be prefixed with "Life STEM EAGER."
September 11, 2017
September 9, Annually Thereafter
February 9, 2018
February 9, Annually Thereafter SYNOPSIS
The Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program supports research designed to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy. The program funds research to develop models, analytical tools, data and metrics that can be applied in the science policy decision making process and concern the use and allocation of scarce scientific resources. For example, research proposals may develop behavioral and analytical conceptualizations, frameworks or models that have applications across the broad array of science and innovation policy challenges. Proposals also may develop methodologies to analyze science, technology and innovation data, and to usefully convey that information to a variety of audiences. Proposals that create and improve science, engineering and innovation data, including the design of new metrics and indicators, particularly proposals that demonstrate the viability of collecting and analyzing data on knowledge generation and innovation in organizations, are encouraged.
The SciSIP program welcomes individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation research improvement grants, experimental research, and data collection and dissemination. The SciSIP program also places a high priority on interdisciplinary research and on broadening participation. It encourages proposals from junior faculty, women, and underrepresented minorities, Research Undergraduate Institutions (RUI), and EPSCoR states.
Additional Types of Proposals__ RAPIDs and EAGERs
SciSIP supports small grants that are time-critical and small grants that are high-risk and of a potentially transformative nature. See Chapter II.E.1 and Chapter II.E.2 of the NSF Proposal and Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1) (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=papp) for guidance on submitting Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) and EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals. Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE)
SciSIP supports interdisciplinary projects whose scientific advances lie in great part outside the scope of a single program or discipline, such that substantial funding support from more than one program or discipline is necessary. See Chapter II.E.3 of the NSF Proposal and Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1) (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=papp) for guidance on submitting a RAISE proposal. Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)
SciSIP supports collaboration between academic research institutions and industry. See Chapter II.E.4 of the NSF Proposal and Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1) (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=papp) for guidance on submitting a GOALI proposal. Conferences
SciSIP funds conferences and interdisciplinary research activities that strengthen understanding and dissemination of the research topic among the social and behavioral sciences, policy community and the larger scientific community. See Chapter II.E.7 of the NSF Proposal and Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1) (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=papp) for guidance on submitting Conference proposals. Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIGs)
The Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants funding opportunity is designed to improve the quality of dissertation research. DDRIG awards provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university such as enabling doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus. DDRIGs do not provide cost-of-living or other stipends or tuition. Outstanding DDRIG proposals specify how the knowledge to be created advances science and innovation policy. For program specific guidelines on the Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants (DDRIGs) in SciSIP, please review the SciSIP DDRIG solicitation which may be accessed via the SciSIP DDRIG web site.
Full Proposal Deadline Date: September 14, 2017
Program Guidelines: NSF 15-509
The EHR Core Research (ECR) program of fundamental research in STEM education provides funding in critical research areas that are essential, broad and enduring. EHR seeks proposals that will help synthesize, build and/or expand research foundations in the following focal areas: STEM learning, STEM learning environments, STEM workforce development, and broadening participation in STEM.
The ECR program is distinguished by its emphasis on the accumulation of robust evidence to inform ...
NSF launches a new look and website for its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program
Among NSF activities, the SBIR/STTR program has a unique goal to attract high-tech startups and small businesses from diverse audiences nationwide. To better engage this distinct audience, NSF presents a new SBIR/STTR website (seedfund.nsf.gov), which maintains the NSF brand while providing a more tailored look, tone and presentation aimed at entrepreneurs.
Over the past few months, the NSF SBIR team worked with 18F - an office within the General Services Administration (GSA) tasked with building effective, user-centric digital services for government - to explore the most effective ways to reach target audiences and redesign the website. As part of this process, 18F interviewed applicants, grantees, former grantees and qualified entrepreneurs or small businesses who hadn’t heard of NSF’s SBIR program. The results informed the design, tone and presentation of the new site. The updated logo and brand elements, created by Brunet-García Advertising, build on the government-wide SBIR tagline – “America’s Seed Fund.”
The new site is responsive, mobile-friendly and designed for the NSF SBIR program’s target audiences to help support the SBIR program mission of supporting scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of Federal research funds in critical national priorities to build a strong economy.
As the nation continues to expand the horizon of opportunities and possibilities through advances in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), the need for a more diverse and well-prepared STEM workforce is also expanding [1]. The challenge of preparing citizens for the expanding workforce and the changing workplace environments calls for new innovations in STEM education [2]. ITEST is a research and development program that supports projects to promote ...
Full Proposal Target Date: September 5, 2017
Program Guidelines: PD 11-8031
Organizations -- private and public, established and entrepreneurial, designed and emergent, formal and informal, profit and nonprofit -- are critical to the well-being of nations and their citizens. They are of crucial importance for producing goods and services, creating value, providing jobs, and achieving social goals. The Science of Organizations (SoO) program funds basic research that yields a scientific evidence base for improving the design and emergence, development and deployment, ...
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504696&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click Micro-credentials Aid Rural TeachersIn remote areas, it can be hard for teachers to obtain advanced coursework and training to retain their credentials. __Micro-credentials are a relatively new approach to recognizing skills teachers master through smaller modules, often online__. "With microcredentialing, we believe we can work with our department of education, particularly with the division of technology, to have folks become certified to teach computer science programs, robotics, aerospace... [So] our students will have access to 21st century coursework," says Jeff Hawkins, executive director of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (Will, EdWeek). 17-584 Discovery Research PreK-12 The Discovery Research PreK-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of STEM education innovations and approaches. Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. Projects should result in research-informed and field-tested outcomes and products that inform teaching and learning. http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf17584
P17AS00550 Teacher Ranger Teacher Program The Teacher Ranger Teacher Program provides a professional development opportunity for classroom teachers in grades K-12 to engage in National Park Service educational resources. Recruiting efforts target teachers in rural, urban and tribal schools where the student population has little or no experience with national parks. Teachers in the program will acquire new knowledge and skills using NPS primary resources and scientific data through project-based learning methods. https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=295882
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504672
The National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps program prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the university laboratory, and accelerates the economic and societal benefits of NSF-funded, basic-research projects that are ready to move toward commercialization.
Through I-Corps, NSF grantees learn to identify valuable product opportunities that can emerge from academic research, and gain skills in entrepreneurship through training in customer discovery and guidance from established entrepreneurs.
www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16591/nsf16591.htm National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering Industrial Innovation and Partnerships Directorate for Computer & Information Science ...
www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501084 NSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, ...
www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504708&org=NSF NSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, ...
Please note that there will be three rounds of funding. For activities planned for 2017-2018, deadlines are October 1 and December 1
. For activities proposed for Fall 2018, the deadline is March 1. The application can be found here. Click here for Fredonia's SEM Plan.
A Look at the Nondegree Credentials of U.S. Adults09/14/2017 12:00 AM EDNew findings from the National Household Education Surveys show that in 2016 more than one quarter of adults had a nondegree credential, including a postsecondary certificate, occupational license, or occupational certification
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR)
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Dear Colleague Letter: Life STEM
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Document Number: nsf17127
August 25, 2017
Dear Colleague:
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has established inclusiveness as one of its core values. The Foundation seeks and embraces contributions from all segments of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) community including underrepresented groups and minority serving institutions. NSF currently invests in a number of programs targeting underrepresented populations and institutions. This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) describes another opportunity to build on the Agency's longstanding efforts of inclusiveness by providing a mechanism for researchers to inform, create, implement, and evaluate innovative models of intervention in STEM (with particular attention to life science and bioscience), beginning in elementary school through undergraduate studies.
Through this DCL, NSF invites eligible organizations to submit research proposals that inform, create, implement, and evaluate models of intervention that will advance the knowledge base for establishing and retaining underrepresented minorities in STEM fields with particular attention to life science and the biosciences. Researchers from minority-serving institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities, are particularly encouraged to apply. Proposals should partner eligible organizations with local elementary, middle or high schools to foster collaborative relationships between K-12 science educators and the research community. The activities may occur in formal and/or informal settings. Proposals may address science topics and activities related to curriculum development, teacher support, and student engagement. Proposals should describe effective methods to disseminate findings broadly to the K-16 science education community.
Researchers are invited to submit proposals to one of the following programs, in accordance with NSF's Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG, https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pappg) and individual program solicitation requirements. Researchers must pay close attention to specific requirements outlined in each program solicitation included in this DCL. Regardless of the program, the title of each proposal should begin with "Life STEM."
Discovery Research PreK-12
The DRK-12 program supports integrated research and development of resources, models and tools in the service of STEM learning and learning environments with the goals of enhancing student understanding of STEM, preparation for the scientific workforce, and improved science literacy. The focus is on learning that takes place while students are enrolled in the formal classroom learning environment. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500047.
Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers
The I-TEST program supports projects that promote awareness and interest in rapidly emerging fields such as biotechnologies or robotics, focusing on projects that examine forms of mentorship, engage students with technologies associated with STEM professions, involve students with business and industry through partnerships, and/or examine career advancement among students in the early grades. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5467.
Advancing Informal STEM Learning Program
The AISL program seeks to: (a) advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments; (b) provide multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences; (c) advance innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments; and (d) engage the public of all ages in learning STEM in informal environments. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504793.
EHR Core Research (ECR)
The EHR Core Research program supports fundamental research in STEM education that synthesizes, builds upon and/or expands foundational knowledge in the areas of STEM learning and learning environments, STEM workforce development and broadening participation in STEM. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504924.
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education
The IUSE program supports the development, use and testing of instructional practices and curricular innovations that engage and improve undergraduate student learning and retention in STEM. IUSE also supports large scale uptake of improvements in STEM education through support of institutional transformation and Community transformation projects. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505082.
HBCU Undergraduate Program
The HBCU-UP program supports the development, implementation and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5481.
Through this DCL, researchers may also submit EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals to explore new directions or appropriate extensions of disciplinary-based research activities. EAGER proposals must conform to the guidelines for preparation of such a proposals (including the requirement to discuss the proposal with a program officer prior to submission) as specified in the PAPPG. EAGER proposals have a maximum size of $300,000 and a maximum duration of two years. All EAGERS in response to this DCL should be submitted during the same deadline as the program solicitation to which it is linked. The title of the proposal should be prefixed with "Life STEM EAGER."
NSF 17-125
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for NSF 17-581, CISE
Community Infrastructure Planning and Research Infrastructure (CRI)
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Bill Gates Blog:
https://www.gatesnotes.com/Accelerating Innovation with Leadership
By **Bill Gates**| October 6, 2016
https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Accelerating-Innovation
https://www.educause.edu/~/media/files/educause/about/membership-orientation/dont_put_me_in_a_box_infographic.pdf?la=en
Do's and Don'ts of Infographic Design
https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/53/1%20-%20HSCM%20Campaign%20Files/How_to_generate_leads_with_infographics.pdf?t=1502383112369&hstc=20629287.a62aa26436ec098a05589eb7eac39aeb.1450109739931.1501095873969.1502383201446.107&hssc=20629287.3.1502383201446&hsfp=3771325009Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP)
Full Proposal Target Date: September 11, 2017
Program Guidelines: PD 09-7626
The Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program supports research designed to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy. The program funds research to develop models, analytical tools, data and metrics that can be applied in the science policy decision making process and concern the use and allocation of scarce scientific resources. For example, research proposals may develop behavioral and analytical conceptualizations, frameworks or models that have ...
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501084&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click
September 11, 2017
September 9, Annually Thereafter
February 9, 2018
February 9, Annually Thereafter
SYNOPSIS
The Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program supports research designed to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy. The program funds research to develop models, analytical tools, data and metrics that can be applied in the science policy decision making process and concern the use and allocation of scarce scientific resources. For example, research proposals may develop behavioral and analytical conceptualizations, frameworks or models that have applications across the broad array of science and innovation policy challenges. Proposals also may develop methodologies to analyze science, technology and innovation data, and to usefully convey that information to a variety of audiences. Proposals that create and improve science, engineering and innovation data, including the design of new metrics and indicators, particularly proposals that demonstrate the viability of collecting and analyzing data on knowledge generation and innovation in organizations, are encouraged.
The SciSIP program welcomes individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation research improvement grants, experimental research, and data collection and dissemination. The SciSIP program also places a high priority on interdisciplinary research and on broadening participation. It encourages proposals from junior faculty, women, and underrepresented minorities, Research Undergraduate Institutions (RUI), and EPSCoR states.
Additional Types of Proposals__
RAPIDs and EAGERs
SciSIP supports small grants that are time-critical and small grants that are high-risk and of a potentially transformative nature. See Chapter II.E.1 and Chapter II.E.2 of the NSF Proposal and Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1) (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=papp) for guidance on submitting Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) and EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals.
Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE)
SciSIP supports interdisciplinary projects whose scientific advances lie in great part outside the scope of a single program or discipline, such that substantial funding support from more than one program or discipline is necessary. See Chapter II.E.3 of the NSF Proposal and Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1) (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=papp) for guidance on submitting a RAISE proposal.
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)
SciSIP supports collaboration between academic research institutions and industry. See Chapter II.E.4 of the NSF Proposal and Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1) (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=papp) for guidance on submitting a GOALI proposal.
Conferences
SciSIP funds conferences and interdisciplinary research activities that strengthen understanding and dissemination of the research topic among the social and behavioral sciences, policy community and the larger scientific community. See Chapter II.E.7 of the NSF Proposal and Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1) (https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=papp) for guidance on submitting Conference proposals.
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIGs)
The Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants funding opportunity is designed to improve the quality of dissertation research. DDRIG awards provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university such as enabling doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus. DDRIGs do not provide cost-of-living or other stipends or tuition. Outstanding DDRIG proposals specify how the knowledge to be created advances science and innovation policy. For program specific guidelines on the Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants (DDRIGs) in SciSIP, please review the SciSIP DDRIG solicitation which may be accessed via the SciSIP DDRIG web site.
RELATED PROGRAMS
Science of Science and Innovation Policy Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
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Using Narrative and Data to Communicate the Value of Science: Proceedings of a Workshop----in Brief
Experiential entrepreneurship programs at universities: Are they the same? Toward a framework of understanding
Symposium on the Science of Broadening Participation Report
NSF-Sponsored Report: Unique Challenges and Opportunities for Business Schools in Pursuing Federal Research Grants
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
Enhancing the Usefulness of Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) Research
Science of Science and Innovation Policy: A Prospectus
BCS SoSP Workshop Report
SRS Innovation Metrics Workshop
SES SoSP Workshop Report
What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)
Map of Recent Awards Made Through This Program
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EHR Core Research (ECR)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: September 14, 2017
Program Guidelines: NSF 15-509
The EHR Core Research (ECR) program of fundamental research in STEM education provides funding in critical research areas that are essential, broad and enduring. EHR seeks proposals that will help synthesize, build and/or expand research foundations in the following focal areas: STEM learning, STEM learning environments, STEM workforce development, and broadening participation in STEM.
The ECR program is distinguished by its emphasis on the accumulation of robust evidence to inform ...
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504924&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click
NSF launches a new look and website for its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program
Among NSF activities, the SBIR/STTR program has a unique goal to attract high-tech startups and small businesses from diverse audiences nationwide. To better engage this distinct audience, NSF presents a new SBIR/STTR website (seedfund.nsf.gov), which maintains the NSF brand while providing a more tailored look, tone and presentation aimed at entrepreneurs.
Over the past few months, the NSF SBIR team worked with 18F - an office within the General Services Administration (GSA) tasked with building effective, user-centric digital services for government - to explore the most effective ways to reach target audiences and redesign the website. As part of this process, 18F interviewed applicants, grantees, former grantees and qualified entrepreneurs or small businesses who hadn’t heard of NSF’s SBIR program. The results informed the design, tone and presentation of the new site. The updated logo and brand elements, created by Brunet-García Advertising, build on the government-wide SBIR tagline – “America’s Seed Fund.”
The new site is responsive, mobile-friendly and designed for the NSF SBIR program’s target audiences to help support the SBIR program mission of supporting scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of Federal research funds in critical national priorities to build a strong economy.
We hope you like the new website!
https://seedfund.nsf.gov/
Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: September 5, 2017
Program Guidelines: NSF 17-565
As the nation continues to expand the horizon of opportunities and possibilities through advances in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), the need for a more diverse and well-prepared STEM workforce is also expanding [1]. The challenge of preparing citizens for the expanding workforce and the changing workplace environments calls for new innovations in STEM education [2]. ITEST is a research and development program that supports projects to promote ...
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5467&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click
Science of Organizations (SoO)
Full Proposal Target Date: September 5, 2017
Program Guidelines: PD 11-8031
Organizations -- private and public, established and entrepreneurial, designed and emergent, formal and informal, profit and nonprofit -- are critical to the well-being of nations and their citizens. They are of crucial importance for producing goods and services, creating value, providing jobs, and achieving social goals. The Science of Organizations (SoO) program funds basic research that yields a scientific evidence base for improving the design and emergence, development and deployment, ...
More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504696&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click
Micro-credentials Aid Rural TeachersIn remote areas, it can be hard for teachers to obtain advanced coursework and training to retain their credentials. __Micro-credentials are a relatively new approach to recognizing skills teachers master through smaller modules, often online__. "With microcredentialing, we believe we can work with our department of education, particularly with the division of technology, to have folks become certified to teach computer science programs, robotics, aerospace... [So] our students will have access to 21st century coursework," says Jeff Hawkins, executive director of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (Will, EdWeek).
17-584
Discovery Research PreK-12
The Discovery Research PreK-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of STEM education innovations and approaches. Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. Projects should result in research-informed and field-tested outcomes and products that inform teaching and learning.
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf17584
P17AS00550
Teacher Ranger Teacher Program
The Teacher Ranger Teacher Program provides a professional development opportunity for classroom teachers in grades K-12 to engage in National Park Service educational resources. Recruiting efforts target teachers in rural, urban and tribal schools where the student population has little or no experience with national parks. Teachers in the program will acquire new knowledge and skills using NPS primary resources and scientific data through project-based learning methods.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=295882
NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps™)
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504672The National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps program prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the university laboratory, and accelerates the economic and societal benefits of NSF-funded, basic-research projects that are ready to move toward commercialization.
Through I-Corps, NSF grantees learn to identify valuable product opportunities that can emerge from academic research, and gain skills in entrepreneurship through training in customer discovery and guidance from established entrepreneurs.
[PPT] Science of **Innovation** - NSF
www.nsf.gov/attachments/103193/public/10Kesh.pptEngineering Innovation Adnan Akay – CMMI Kesh Narayanan - IIP Innovation Definition(s) Innovation is the complex process of introducing novel ideas ...
**Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity** ...
www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16591/nsf16591.htmNational Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering Industrial Innovation and Partnerships Directorate for Computer & Information Science ...
**Science of Science and Innovation Policy** | NSF - National ...
www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501084NSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, ...
**Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity** ...
www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504708&org=NSFNSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, ...